Police: 2 arrested in case of mother, son killed in Parramore apartment

By:
Chip Skambis
, Megan Cruz

Updated: Jul 30, 2018 - 9:26 PM

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Police: 2 arrested in case of mother, son killed in Parramore apartment

ORLANDO, Fla. - Two people have been arrested in the case of a mother and son who were found dead in a Parramore apartment in mid-July, the Orlando Police Department said.

Joshua Ramsawmy, 28, faces two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm, and Amelia Bissoon, 25, faces two charges of principal to first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Cynthia Stack, 52, and her son Sean Stack, 22, police said.

The woman who called 911 said she didn’t hear anything that alarmed her.

Police said they were called to the apartment complex at about 7 a.m. The man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

"(Sean) was just always so grateful for what he had, even though he didn't have that much," said Emily Rivera, Sean Stack's younger sister and Cynthia Stack's daughter. "(My mother was) always trying to spread her love to other people, always trying to help other people. She was just the sweetest woman."

UPDATE: The victims in the 7/18 homicide at 1032 W. Jefferson Street have been identified. They are 52-year-old Cynthia Stack and 22-year-old Sean Stack. They were mother and son. pic.twitter.com/U8zRvdQj4K

Investigators said Ramsawmy and Bissoon, who are married, killed the victims to cover up that they were stealing from Cynthia Stack's father, who suffers from a traumatic brain injury.

Police said Bissoon, the man's personal banker, tricked him into giving her $50,000, and Chase Bank and Cynthia Stack became suspicious.

Investigators said Bissoon told her coworkers that the man would complete account transactions and forget about them.

Bissoon told police Ramsawmy bought a gun, and when she asked him why he bought it, he said he had business to take care of, according to an arrest affidavit.

Investigators said Ramsawmy went to the Stacks' apartment to try to persuade Cynthia Stack to not press charges.

Officers found this sweet, and scared, pup at a homicide scene this morning. An OPD Crime Scene Tech found the dog a safe home with a member of the OPD family while we see whether anyone comes forward to claim her. She has no collar and no chip and is less than a year old. pic.twitter.com/I5k9nvet6B

Police said the couple had already spent some of the money and opened an account under their son's name.

Neither suspect had a previous criminal history.

"It's a sad and sick situation for people to take advantage of someone like that," Rivera said. "They did nothing to deserve this. They were an innocent family minding their own business, trying to live their life like everyone else."

Police did not release any other information about how the two died.

Animal control also removed a dog from the scene.

A reward of $5,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest.

Active scene at an apartment complex off of West Jefferson in the Parramore neighborhood. We're told officers are conducting some type of death investigation @WFTVpic.twitter.com/KP1DDhDp5Y